diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 48e5eba..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-main: main.zig
-	zig build-exe -O ReleaseSafe main.zig
-
-# install: main
-# 	install main 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.ninja b/build.ninja
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98b0eb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.ninja
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+rule zig-exe
+    command = zig build-exe -O ReleaseSafe $in
+
+rule go
+    command = go build $in
+
+#build dinit-edit: zig-exe main.zig
+build dinit-edit: go dinit-edit.go
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 3d8f3ee..6e5c8ed 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -14,15 +14,11 @@ dinit-edit <service>
 ## Buliding Go implementation
 
 ```
-go build dinit-edit.go
+ninja
 ```
 
 ## Building Zig implementatino
 
-Use Zig 0.14.1
-
-```
-make
-install ./main <somewhere>
-```
+Development using Zig 0.14.1. Zig is not easy to read.
 
+See build.ninja for how to build.